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MUSEUM NEWS
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1. Cuffling bracelets in four gold alloys — green,
white, yellow and rose — by contemporary
jewelry designer Marla Aaron.
2. 18-karat gold and jewel encrusted Monopoly
set by renowned jewelry artist Sidney Mobell,
courtesy of the National Museum of Natural
History, Smithsonian Institution.
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3. 1940s Tiffany jewelry suite, courtesy of the
Tiffany & Co. Archives.
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4. Rare US Treasury Department gold license,
courtesy of Alan Kaye.
5. 14-karat gold Nokia cell phone encrusted with
diamonds, rubies and sapphires by Sidney
Mobell, courtesy of the National Museum of
Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
6. Decorative gold objects, courtesy of the
Rothschild Collection.
7. Dentures with gold alloy base and porcelain
teeth, courtesy of the National Museum of
Dentistry.
8. Gold coin depicting Augustus from a rare
“12 Caesars” collection, courtesy of Thomas
Tesoriero.
9. “ The Independent Gold Hunter on His Way
to Klondike,” 1895, courtesy of John E. Herzog.
10. Gold boat bar, courtesy of the Rothschild
Collection.
11. 1880 gold mining vignette by the American
Bank Note Co., courtesy of Mark D. Tomasko.
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NOV 30
1999
Exxon and Mobil merge to
form ExxonMobil Corp.
DEC 1
1949
The Chicago Stock Exchange, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Stock
Exchange, the Cleveland Stock Exchange and the St. Louis
Stock Exchange merge to form the Midwest Stock Exchange.
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